]]>Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter and announced its plans to lay off 300 ...]]>The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $10.76 billion.

Dean Foods ...

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While many market-movers have already posted their most recent quarterly results, there are plenty more earnings on tap this ...]]>So why did these and other stocks move so much in one day? Earnings announcements. In simple terms, the companies reported financials that made investors happy. Of course, you could have picked the wrong stock, such as Yelp (YELP), which was down 21.5% today or GoPro (GPRO), which tanked 13% today. In that case, you would have lost a lot, unless you had shorted the stock or owned an option straddle.

It's earnings season, and this is the time of year when many popular stocks can really move. If you can choose the right direction, you can bank bucks.

Or if you use the right option spread, you can make money whether the stock goes up or down. Here is an example. Yesterday, you could have bought the February 6 2015 call and put with a strike price of 41. The call traded around 2.60 yesterday and the put at 2.58, for a total cost for the straddle of 5.18 or $518.

Today, you could have sold the straddle for 6.75 or $675. This works out to a profit of over 30% in one day. What's your total risk? $518. What's your potential gain? Unlimited on the upside and around $4,300 on the downside, in the event a black swan hits the stock.

Now you might ask, what other stocks are coming out with earnings reports in the next week? Here is a list for you, which contains a lot of the stocks that can make big moves depending on their earnings.

February 09, 2015

February 10, 2015

February 11, 2015

500.com (WBAI)

AOL (AOL)

Baidu (BIDU)

Cisco (CSCO)

Panera (PNRA)

Skechers (SKX)

Tesla (TSLA)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)

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The Super Bowl is a time for advertisers and brands to make a big splash for themselves. Commercials had been the standard for years, ...]]>Military.com and parent company Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) announced the selection today of a retired two star Navy Admiral as ...]]>
Continental Building Products Inc(NYSE: CBPX) +18% - Shares are up sharply following the company’s upbeat financial ...]]>Intellicheck Mobilisa (NYSE: IDN) climbed 24.68% to $4.90 after the company reported Q3 results.

Mannatech (NASDAQ: MTEX) shares ...

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Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) reported on Tuesday that third quarter revenue totaled $191 million, above the average estimate ...]]>Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) shares touched a new 52-week low of $29.71 after it warned that fourth-quarter profits may be hurt by ...]]>
With 60 minutes left in the trading session on Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.97 percent to 16,409.27 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.91 ...]]>
Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.40 percent to 16,503.65 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.27 percent to 4,372.00. The ...]]>
Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.32 percent to 16,515.59 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.40 percent to ...]]>Enzymotec (NASDAQ: ENZY) shares tumbled 35.91% to $9.60 after the company reported Q2 earnings of $0.02 per share and issued a weak FY14 ...]]>
After a rocky beginning to the year, the U.S. equity market has found its stride over the last couple of weeks with the S&P 500 ...]]>The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday February 24, 2014:

Men's Wearhouse Raises Bid for Jos A Bank to $63.50/Share

The Offer:Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) announced Monday that it has raised its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Jos. A.

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U.S. stocks rose as investors as the S&P 500 traded at new historical highs and clearing its 2014 losses.

Investors shrugged off disappointing earning reports and economic data and chose to focus on several prominent merger and acquisition activities.

In the report, FBR Capital Markets noted, “Monster Worldwide, Inc. (MWW) is an investment in a job recovery and more value-enhancing strategic initiatives,

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States District Court for the Southern District of New York against
Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) for Monster's alleged infringement of patents
]]>Alma Media Corporation (OMXHelsinki: ALN1V) and Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW) today announced the strengthening of their joint operations across Eastern Europe and the Baltics. In expanding their joint offering, Monster's career services will be combined with Alma Media's similar services to create a comprehensive offering in Poland, Hungary,]]>Consider the life of a banker running a small bank today.

It used to be a great life running one of these little banks. You oversaw a network of 10 or 15 branches in smaller towns or suburbs across the country and were a well-liked business leader of your community.

]]>It should be no surprise that when the analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald released their recommendations for stocks to buy to take advantage of the changing landscape in technology, it included such giants as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo!]]>ASTX – Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. – Options volume on Astex Pharmaceuticals is soaring on Wednesday afternoon following a story in the Nikkei newspaper that said Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. has agreed to acquire Astex for JPY 90 billion. Shares in ASTX rallied as much as 40% this afternoon to a multi-year high of $9.39 and sent options volume on the name up above 23,000 contracts by 3:10 p.m. ET versus the stock’s average daily volume of around 3,600 contracts. Options volume is most heavily concentrated in the September expiry contracts. Buyers appear to be stepping in to buy both the Sep $8.0 strike call and put options, which have traded roughly 2,300 and 4,000 times each, respectively, as of the time of this writing. Substantial volume is also building in the $9.0 strike calls expiring in September and October, with volumes topping 3,400 and 2,400 contracts in each case. Shares in ASTX are currently off the highest levels of the day, up 24% at $8.29.

TPX – Tempur Sealy International Inc. – Trading traffic in options on mattress maker Tempur Sealy International suggests options players are looking for the price of the underlying to edge higher during the next couple of weeks. Shares in the name are up 4.6% right now to stand at $41.58, and earlier traded up to $42.57, the highest level since July 25th. The most traded contracts on TPX today are the Sep $43 strike calls, with more than 2,900 contracts exchanged versus open interest of 375 contracts. Time and sales data suggests most of the call options were purchased for an average premium of $0.97 each, though the bulk of the volume – close to 2,000 lots – were picked up by one market participant at a premium of $1.00 apiece. Sep $43 strike calls purchased at $1.00 per contract may be profitable at expiration if shares in Tempur Sealy rally 5.8% over the current price of $41.58 to top the breakeven point at $44.00.

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Market optimism is on the raise again. U.S. Economic activities showed significant improvements in a second-quarter and with Syria placed on a back burner, global markets gained confidence.

]]>DailyFinance.com: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, buoyed by a smaller-than-expected total of new claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. (more coverage here). The U.S. trade deficit also fell while unit labor costs rose by less than analysts ... Read more]]>DailyFinance.com: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected employment report from ADP and concern that Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will follow the ADP lead (more coverage here). In other U.S. data out ... Read more]]>In the upcoming week, the focus of markets will gradually shift from earnings to the economy, especially later in the week, as key reports including the ECB rate decision and the U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report are expected to be released.

Key Earnings
In the coming week, key earnings from Facebook (NASDAQ:

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You may be new to the “What will I be when I grow up,” game. Or, maybe you've had several jobs but never a career.

However you got here, you’re ready to explore your options. All you need is a system.

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The market is testing all-time highs, but some stocks didn’t get the memo. Despite impressive performance by the broader indexes, these stocks are printing 52-week lows. Value investors know that a broken stock doesn’t necessarily mean a broken company. From grocery stores to a certain technology company you might know,

]]>DailyFinance.com: These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.
CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) cut to Hold from Buy at Argus, and downgraded by multiple analysts yesterday after lowering ... Read more]]>